Allagory

The allegory of the cave has a wise theme that stops you to think for a while, and makes you look at life from a different perspective. Socrates shows how he views human beings to his student Glaoucon in his Allegory. The prisoners in the Allegory represent us humans perfectly; same as them we are afraid of changes. However, the optimistic people in this world are people who actually want to improve by finding new things in life, or inventing new objects. People who step out of the cave and may face huge problems. You can confidently consider those people as leaders.
Like the prisoners in the cave, we are imprisoned in life; we think that what we have is enough for us; we live a life as if everything we could possibly need is already invented. However, as life goes on, and generations pass, improvements are highly recommended. Improvement is the main way for anything to survive and stay tough, yet sometimes we get afraid of improving or trying something new because of inner fear. We are afraid because we are okay with what we have. We are afraid that a change might affect us badly. We are afraid because others discourage us.
Sometimes even role models who we adore and follow make mistakes, people with famous names that are in high positions. Even empires whom ruled most of the world fell because of their ego; they convince themselves that they do not need to improve anymore, when other small empires work hard on upgrading and improving. The Ottoman Empire that refused using the printing press is an example. Speaking of printers, Ken Olsen, president, chairman and founder of digital equipment crop said: “There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home”. Many people agreed with him, yet there are now 2.5 to 3 billion personal computers around the world. Although he was a president and a highly educated man, he showed himself as a fool; imagine our lives without computers! Computers are one of the most important inventions of our time; you